Chicago

EXERCA ANIMOS ET MANUS PAREBUNT
Teach Their Minds, And Their Hands Will Follow

is the motto of B. M. Gallows High, and Chicago’s seen it in the lobby every day for two years now. She guessed that the translation was a bit off after three weeks of badly-taught Latin; here, underground, a dingy sign confirms it:

EXERCA ANIMOS ET MANUS PAREBUNT
Tame Their Souls, And Their Hands Will Obey

Chicago’s lost her cynicism, her buzz, her weapon and her shield. It’s cold. She’s kind of sick. She never thought, until now, that her own methods were so close to theirs.

A story about Chicago, published on Friday, July 21, 2006, at 8:09 am.